EP1163712B1 - An improvement in a starting system for an electric motor - Google Patents

An improvement in a starting system for an electric motor Download PDF

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EP1163712B1
EP1163712B1 EP00912279A EP00912279A EP1163712B1 EP 1163712 B1 EP1163712 B1 EP 1163712B1 EP 00912279 A EP00912279 A EP 00912279A EP 00912279 A EP00912279 A EP 00912279A EP 1163712 B1 EP1163712 B1 EP 1163712B1
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Marcos Guilherme Rua General Osúrio SCHWARZ
Egidio Berwanger
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    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H02—GENERATION; CONVERSION OR DISTRIBUTION OF ELECTRIC POWER
    • H02H—EMERGENCY PROTECTIVE CIRCUIT ARRANGEMENTS
    • H02H7/00—Emergency protective circuit arrangements specially adapted for specific types of electric machines or apparatus or for sectionalised protection of cable or line systems, and effecting automatic switching in the event of an undesired change from normal working conditions
    • H02H7/08—Emergency protective circuit arrangements specially adapted for specific types of electric machines or apparatus or for sectionalised protection of cable or line systems, and effecting automatic switching in the event of an undesired change from normal working conditions for dynamo-electric motors
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H02—GENERATION; CONVERSION OR DISTRIBUTION OF ELECTRIC POWER
    • H02P—CONTROL OR REGULATION OF ELECTRIC MOTORS, ELECTRIC GENERATORS OR DYNAMO-ELECTRIC CONVERTERS; CONTROLLING TRANSFORMERS, REACTORS OR CHOKE COILS
    • H02P1/00—Arrangements for starting electric motors or dynamo-electric converters
    • H02P1/16—Arrangements for starting electric motors or dynamo-electric converters for starting dynamo-electric motors or dynamo-electric converters
    • H02P1/42—Arrangements for starting electric motors or dynamo-electric converters for starting dynamo-electric motors or dynamo-electric converters for starting an individual single-phase induction motor

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  • the present invention refers to an improvement introduced in a starting system for an induction electric motor, particularly a starting system of the type installed inside the shell of a hermetic compressor of refrigeration, such as described in the co-pending patent applications of the same applicant and filed on April 13, 1998 and October 2, 1998.
  • an electric motor of the type mentioned above has a main winding and an auxiliary winding, which are supplied with electric current from an electric current source through a starting circuit of the electric motor usually comprising a starting relay or a thermistor (PTC), mounted to a casing to be electrically connected to the external wall of the shell of the compressor, in which this electric motor operates.
  • a starting circuit of the electric motor usually comprising a starting relay or a thermistor (PTC), mounted to a casing to be electrically connected to the external wall of the shell of the compressor, in which this electric motor operates.
  • PTC thermistor
  • a terminal of each of the main and auxiliary windings of this electric motor is directly connected to the electric current source, through a switching element of this starting circuit, whereas another terminal of the auxiliary winding is electrically connected to said electric current source, through the starting relay or PTC.
  • the construction using a starting relay has, as disadvantages, the possibility of the relay contacts be closed in undesirable occasions or be fused in a situation of high discharge of electrical interference currents, and the occurrence of sparks.
  • the construction using a starting PTC does not avoid that, in practice, the resistance of the PTC is incapable of effectively interrupting the current supply to the auxiliary winding, allowing a residual current to remain through the latter, resulting in energetic consumption of the electric motor. Besides, the existence of a current flowing through the PTC keeps it heated, which makes difficult new starts of the electric motor, since a new start will only occur when the PTC presents a determined temperature in which there is no significant resistance to the passage of electric current.
  • the starting system comprises: a switching means provided between the electric current source and the auxiliary winding; and an actuating means provided inside the electric motor and subject to a magnetic field produced by the main winding upon energization thereof for operation of the electric motor, said actuating means closing the switching means, in order to energize the auxiliary winding, when the starting current passing through the main winding produces a magnetic field of a certain intensity, and opening the switching means, in order to de-energize the auxiliary winding, when the normal operation current through the main winding produces a magnetic field with less intensity.
  • This starting system mounted inside the compressor shell is highly advantageous, because it eliminates the inconveniences mentioned above related to the use of the starting relay and PTC.
  • the switching means is positioned inside the compressor shell, in case said element fails, after the compressor has been installed in a refrigeration system, the repair operation will require the complete substitution of the compressor, which is a long and costly procedure.
  • the present improvement is applied to a starting system comprising a starting device and an electric motor, which drives a hermetic compressor of refrigeration and comprises a main winding, which is energized by an electric current source; and an auxiliary winding, having a terminal directly connected to the electric current source and the opposite terminal connected to the electric current source through a starting device mounted to the compressor, inside the shell thereof, the main winding and the auxiliary winding being connected to the electric current source by means of contact terminals of a hermetic terminal affixed to the outside of the compressor shell.
  • the starting device is mounted in series with a fusible element, to be opened when submitted to an electric current of a certain intensity, in order to definitively interrupt the energization of the auxiliary winding by means of the starting device, said hermetic terminal being designed to receive an external starting device, in order to promote the selective connection between said other terminal of the auxiliary winding and the electric current source upon the definitive opening of the circuit defined by the fusible element and the starting device.
  • the provision of the fusible element in series with the starting device internal to the compressor shell allows, in case said starting device fails, an electric current to be applied trough said starting device and said fusible element, with an intensity superior to that of the operational and starting levels of the compressor, but sufficient to provoke the definitive opening of the fusible element and the operational discard of the starting device mounted in series with said fusible element.
  • another starting device of any adequate construction, may be then rapidly and easily adapted to the hermetic terminal affixed outside the compressor shell, re-establishing the control of the selective connection between the auxiliary winding and the electric current source. The operational capability of the compressor may be thus reestablished, with no need of replacing or even dismounting the same.
  • the present invention will be described in relation to an electric motor of the type used in a refrigeration compressor, including a main winding 1 and an auxiliary winding 2 supplied by an electric current source 3, such as, for example, the alternating current power line.
  • a starting current with an intensity usually superior to that of a normal operation current of the electric motor, is transmitted to the main winding 1 of the electric motor, generating an intense magnetic field.
  • the starting current activates a starting circuit, not illustrated, which permits the electric current to pass to the auxiliary winding 2, during a certain time interval, which varies as a function of the conducting characteristics of the starting circuit, said current passage to the auxiliary winding 2 being generally interrupted when the current passing through the main winding 1 reaches a determined value, substantially corresponding to a normal operation current of the electric motor.
  • the energization of the auxiliary winding 2 of the electric motor occurs, during start thereof, through a starting device 10, which is operatively connected to the auxiliary winding 2 and to the electric current source 3 and which is mounted inside the compressor shell.
  • a possible constructive solution for the starting device may the one described in the co-pending patent applications aforementioned, according to which the starting device has an actuating element subject to the intensity of the magnetic field generated by the passage of the electric current through the main winding, in order to actuate a switch provided between the auxiliary winding 2 and the electric current source 3, opening and closing the supply circuit of the auxiliary winding 2, as a function of the current passing through the main winding of the electric motor.
  • FIG. 1 Such a construction is found schematically illustrated in figure 1, in which a starting device 10 is connected between a terminal of the main winding 1 and a terminal of the auxiliary winding 2.
  • a defect in the starting device can only be repaired by dismounting and replacing the compressor.
  • a fusible element 20, of adequate construction is mounted in series with the starting device 10, thus being also located between one of the terminals of the auxiliary winding 2 and one of the terminals of the main winding 1, which terminal, on its turn, is electrically connected to the electric current source 3.
  • the other terminals of the main and auxiliary windings 1 and 2 are directly connected to each other and to the electric current source 3.
  • the fusible element 20 is constructed in order to maintain the auxiliary winding 2 electrically connected to the electric current source 3 through the starting device 10, while the electric current applied to these elements is maintained below a determined break value, which is higher than the maximum value which the electric current may reach in the different operational conditions of the motor, there being included the value of the starting current of the motor.
  • a determined break value which is higher than the maximum value which the electric current may reach in the different operational conditions of the motor, there being included the value of the starting current of the motor.
  • the fusible element 20 will be opened, interrupting, definitively, the connection between a terminal of the auxiliary winding 2 and the electric current source of the motor, discarding the starting device 10, causing no damage to the other parts of the motor or to the supply circuit thereof.
  • a hermetic terminal 40 of known construction, affixed outside the compressor shell and provided with contact terminals 41, 42 and 43, in order to establish the electric connection between the terminals of the main winding 1 and auxiliary winding 2 and the electric current source 3.
  • the starting device 10 fails in a condition in which it maintains the auxiliary winding 2 permanently connected to the electric current source 3, an electric current, whose value is superior to the determined break value, is passed through the fusible element 20, so as to cause the breakage thereof and the operational discard of the starting device 10.
  • the starting device 10 With the starting device 10 being operationally discarded, by failure in the opened condition or by breakage of the fusible element 20, it is possible to couple to the hermetic terminal 40 an external starting device 50, of any known construction, which can establish a selective electric connection of the auxiliary winding 2 with the electric current source 3, re-establishing the operational capability of the electric motor, with no need of dismounting or replacing the compressor.

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BR9902182 1999-03-18
BR9902182-0A BR9902182A (pt) 1999-03-18 1999-03-18 Aperfeiçoamento em sistema de partida de motor elétrico
PCT/BR2000/000024 WO2000057528A1 (en) 1999-03-18 2000-03-17 An improvement in a starting system for an electric motor

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